AI is making it very easy for the government to spy on you. Some lawmakers are worried. - AI’s increasing ability to sift through data and track Americans’ locations has some lawmakers reconsidering parts of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act.
2026-04-28 · r/technology
AI is supercharging government surveillance capabilities, making it trivially easy to sift through Americans' data and track their locations. Some lawmakers are now having second thoughts about the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act — better late than never, right? Turns out giving AI access to mass surveillance tools might have some downsides nobody could have predicted, except literally everyone.